Yeah!!! I hope this comes out for Halloween. What a great flick for a Halloween Film Fest.

anyone have any more of a definitive date if this is even being released?

hope the DVD comes out soon. I've been holding out on all the other versions available.

I'm sure the dvd will come out on October 25th. The guys from Grindhouse would not give out a release date,unless it were coming out. Now if they had said "It should be out this year",you can bet your ass it won't be coming out anytime soon

You can email the guys from Grindhouse yourself at [email protected] and ask about the release date yourself

Yeah, well now there's more to worry about. From Fangoria:

August 11: CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST DVD battles censors

Grindhouse Releasing finally has a date for its uncut CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST DVD—October 25—but censorship problems may delay the release of the 1979 Ruggero Deodato gore spectacular. Grindhouse’s Sage Stallone and Bob Murawski have run into a potential distribution roadblock due to their “graphic and offensive” packaging of the notorious Italian flick.

With scant months remaining before the debut of HOLOCAUST’s 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (see previous item here), two major printers have refused to handle artwork for the disc. While the DVD is set for nationwide distribution through Rykodisc, the printing obstacle is causing last-minute panic for Grindhouse in light of the Halloween street date. The art in question is not even featured on the DVD’s outer sleeve; in fact, Grindhouse deliberately designed the disc’s display packaging to shield sensitive eyes from the potentially disturbing imagery within.

“Simply put, everything we came up with was deemed too offensive, or something that would cause us to automatically forfeit precious retail shelf space at this moment in time when chain stores are being busted for selling violent video games,” says Murawski in a statement. “The real cover, the one that compromises in no way, shape or form, is the cover of the Deluxe Signature Case within the sleeve—one with an image that no other release of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST has had the guts to use. And this is the cover that no printer in this supposedly free country will print.”

The first indication of trouble cropped up earlier this month, when a printer arbitrarily decided not to handle any artwork associated with CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST—including the deliberately “inoffensive” outer slipcase, which simply depicts a screaming face captured within a camera lens. When Murawski suggested that the cover image was “tame,” especially by comparison to other DVD titles handled by the same printing facility, a printer’s representative refused to discuss the reason behind the ban. Rushing the artwork to a second printer, Murawski met with a similar response. Management reviewed the “offensive” images and declined to print the CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST art unless Grindhouse revised the graphic design. No specific notes were submitted with the rejection, but objections most likely centered on the inner-sleeve reproduction of the notorious scene featuring a naked woman’s body impaled on a wooden stake.

Stallone and Murawski steadfastly refuse to change the artwork or compromise the disc in any way. Grindhouse has been working on the CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST DVD for over five years, battling many obstacles, from bootleggers illegally selling inferior copies of the movie to the threatened seizure of a 35mm film print by town officials in Lexington, Kentucky.

“Despite the cowardly and hypocritical actions of these censors, we will not back down,” says Stallone in a statement. “This latest incident only confirms the power of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST to disturb and shock audiences. We believe the public should have the right to view this DVD in its uncensored form with the deluxe packaging intact. A couple of hypersensitive printers are not going to stop us from realizing our vision and giving consumers the best possible product.”

Could this be a publicity stunt?

I haven't seen this film in years but would definitely consider purchasing it if a better version is released on Region 1 DVD. I don't have an all region player so importing at the moment is not really an option for me .. but eventually I would like to purchase an all region player

why doesn't this surprise me.

But that image was on the cover of the first EC disc that I have (although not an actual photo from the film). Couldn't they go to a printer out of country? I can't quite remember, but wasn't the image of the woman hanging by hooks from her breasts used somewhere on the insert from Grindhouse's Cannibal Ferox?

Yeah, I was originally thinking that the impaled woman was the problem image, but then I read this:

The near iconic impaled woman image has definitely been used on past VHS/DVD releases, so maybe the problem is something else. Or, like you mention, maybe an actual close up still of the scene is used instead of artwork.

wouldn't that hike up the MSRP if they did that?

Or what if US Customs tried to declare the returning shipment of foreign printed covers as obscene and refused to allow them to be imported. (highly unlikely I know, but weirder things have happened)

Yeah, I guess that the image in question is something entirely different than the impaled woman, but there has to be someone out there that will print it, and of all places on the inside of a keepcase! I mean, who the hell is printing the limited edition covers of Aftermath?





And if it ups the MSRP for it if they go out of country, or if you can only buy it online, so be it.

okay, you know what dullboy, tell the administrator or someone to edit the title of this thread to include (WARNING: graphic images) in the title - cause I'm here at work - okay! (ugh, yuck!)

Sorry. Moderator notified.

http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/Captures/C...Ayp/cover2.jpg

don't know if that is a boot or not, but that release has the image of the impaled woman on the cover. also I can't remember but wasn't the impaled woman image used on the back of last years 2 disc French release?

I really hope this whole printing issue gets fixed, I'm tired of waiting for this DVD

oh go ahead and image this puppy out for all those who aren't familiar with the 'controversial image'

speaking of Aftermath, when is that out on DVD?

August 23rd. But don't look for it in any B&M stores. Online only. (Although, I have a friend who is ordering it for the independent store he works at, and I think I'll get it that way. I don't mind the original cover. Actually like it better than the disgusting one shown a few posts up. I'd rather have my gore safely tucked away in the movie.)

From what I gather about Aftermath is the 'graphic' version is a flip cover. So the cool and more attractive artwork cover is on the front. But supposedly some retailers/printers wouldn't carry,nor stock the dvd with the 'graphic' flip cover. I find that rather pathetic actually. Since it's not like it is the main cover and viewable to the public!

And frankly,I would have prefered a graphic artwork cover,instead of a graphic stlll photo. The graphic still is disgusting and makes me want to puke...and NOT see the film. Meanwhile a graphic artwork cover would catch my eye with "Hmm,this looks like it might be interesting".

So I prefer the 'tame' artwork cover they are using. It's really awesome and something that jumps off the shelf at me.

Guess I'll find out when my friend gets it in for his store in a few days.

And I agree with you, Julie, about graphic art being more attractive than a graphic still.

So we can include images of genitalia now, just as long as we include a warning in our titles? Cool... (heads off to Otter...)

It's just special effects. I am surprised, however, that the powers that be have allowed the pics to remain in this thread.

Banned and heavily censored throughout the world, Ruggero Deodato's notorious 1979 film Cannibal Holocaust - one of the most controversial movies ever made - finally arrives onto DVD on October 25th from Grindhouse Releasing. This deluxe 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition boasts a brand-new anamorphic widescreen transfer of the uncensored director's cut from a high definition digital restoration, along with a Dolby Digital Stereo remix and original Mono tracks. Extras on the two-disc set include an audio commentary with director Ruggero Deodato and star Robert Kerman, "The Making of Cannibal Holocaust" hour-long Italian documentary featuring rare behind-the-scenes footage, exclusive on-camera interviews with Deodato, Kerman and co-star Gabriel Yorke, original theatrical trailers, stills and poster art galleries, the original shooting script, "Necrophagia" music video, liner notes by horror journalist Chas. Balun and more. Limited to 10,000 sets, retail will be $29.95.

credit goes to davisdvd

OK, is this gonna be at any major retailers, or is this still gonna be a special order item from some wholesaler somewhere?